| OVERACHIEVER | In charge of carry-out for party at the centre and did much, much, better than expected (12) |
| ARNOLDDOLMETSCH | In 1925, who founded the Haslemere Festival of Old Music and did much to revive early music, includi |
| GRAPPA | Turns up for wrap party at The Centre at midnight drunk, in Italy (6) |
| SHINDIG | Party at the centre of a fresh indignity (7) |
| OBEY | To submit to the control of / carry out an instruction |
| TOGO | The state of carry-out food! (2,2) |
| WISDOM | Whiskey is for party at end of term - stupid people won't get this! (6) |
| YOU | Second person's helping of carry-out (3) |
| MUFFIN | Made up starters for party at home for 11 across perhaps (6) |
| GIANTKILLING | David's antics in the Bible is performing better than expected in the cup (5-7) |
| TERCENTENARY | Entente: carry out for 300 years' celebration (12) |
| CENTRALBANKS | Money managers in the middle and at the sides (7,5) |
| GOLIKEADREAM | Work better than expected |
| WILLIAMOFORANGE | Billy gets Oscar for Dr Strangelove? At the centre and at the lodges he is revered royally! (7,2,6) |
| LANTERN | Fraternise at the centre and learn regularly in order to gain enlightenment, maybe. (7) |
| ARRESTED | Stopped for a cigarette at the centre and recharged one's batteries (8) |
| RAVENS | These birds include about 10 species of heavy-billed dark birds, larger than crows. Edgar Allan Poe did much to make them famous. In Titus Andronicus (act 2, scene 3), Lavinia says, "Some say the ___ |
| BOBWOODWARD | Washington Post journalist who, with Carl Bernstein, did much of the original reporting on the Watergate scandal |
| BIRD | One in the hand? Much better than two in the bush |
| COMESUPTRUMPS | Works out better than expected in compensation over returning use of best suit (5,2,6) |
